ArcGIS tutorials

This topic provides a set of links to a collection of various ArcGIS tutorials used to perform a number of common tasks in ArcGIS.
Find the tutorial that you would like to work through by clicking the links in the tables below.

To work through the ArcGIS for Desktop tutorials, you need to install the tutorial data from the ArcGIS for Desktop Tutorial Data setup, which is part of the ArcGIS for Desktop installation download or media. If
the tutorial data has been installed on your system, look for it in
C:\arcgis\ArcTutor (the default installation location).
In many cases, you will need write access to that location to perform the tutorial.

The ArcGIS for Server installation does not include tutorial data. Most of the ArcGIS for Server tutorials are written in a generic way so that you can follow the steps using your own datasets.

Keep in mind that these tutorials are only a starting point for you to learn about ArcGIS. You can find additional information, help, and training at the ArcGIS Resource Center.

ArcGIS for Desktop application tutorials

Tutorial

Description

Link

Database servers

This tutorial
shows you how to use ArcGIS for Desktop to use
database servers (instances of SQL Server Express) and the geodatabases you create on the database servers to store, access, and edit GIS data.

An ArcGIS for Desktop Standard or Advanced license is required to complete the tutorial.

In this tutorial, you'll learn the basics of the editing environment
in ArcMap, including creating new features on the map; updating
attribute values; utilizing snapping while editing, creating, and editing annotation; using topology to maintain spatial integrity; and performing spatial
adjustments on your data.

In this tutorial, you'll learn to build geodatabases that include relationship classes, subtypes, attribute domains, topology, geometric networks, and feature-linked annotation. An ArcGIS for Desktop Standard or Advanced license is required to complete the tutorial.

In this tutorial, you will be introduced to representations that
allow you to symbolize geographic features with a set of rules that
are stored with your data in the geodatabase. Representation rules
can create and draw dynamic geometry that differs from the feature
shape, allowing a complex depiction of features without impacting
the spatial integrity of your data. Representations provide greater
control over the precision and definition of the symbolization of
your data.
An ArcGIS for Desktop Standard or Advanced license is required to complete the tutorial.

ArcGIS for Desktop extension tutorials

Tutorial

Description

Link

ArcScan for ArcGIS

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to generate vector data from
rasters, including how to use the cell selection and raster
snapping tools, perform simple raster editing and automatic
vectorization, and interactively trace raster cells.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to directly read and analyze
the additional data formats supported by Data Interoperability;
translate data between various formats using Quick Import and Quick
Export tools; transform data schemas using Custom Import, Custom
Export, and Custom Formats; and incorporate all these functions into
your geoprocessing models.

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to represent and explore data and detect trends and directional influences, perform diagnostic tests, evaluate and model spatial autocorrelation, build interpolation models using ordinary and indicator kriging, compare the results of these models, and create maps using the output surfaces.

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create network datasets and
use them to find routes, find closest features on a network,
calculate service areas and origin-destination cost matrices, solve location-allocation and vehicle routing problems, and build a model for route
analysis.

The Schematics in ArcMap tutorials are a good starting point for learning about the ArcGIS Schematics
extension, which provides simplified representations of networks intended to
explain their structure and make the way they operate
understandable.
The Schematics configuration tutorials focus on Schematics
configuration using Schematic Dataset Editor.

In this tutorial, you'll learn how ArcGIS Tracking Analyst can be
used to analyze the movement of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. The tutorial will introduce you to several features Tracking Analyst provides for symbolizing, visualizing, and analyzing temporal data.

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a feature service that allows you to edit replicated data from an enterprise geodatabase over the web using the ArcGIS.com map viewer. You'll also learn how to synchronize edits between the local and web versions of your data.

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to add a network dataset to a map and publish it to ArcGIS for Server. You'll then connect to your new network analysis service using the Find Route dialog box in ArcMap.

This tutorial gives you the essential steps you need to publish a geoprocessing model through Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC), Web Processing Service (WPS) specifications using ArcGIS for Server.